Lieut.- Col. W.M. DeRay [Williams] - Sketch. - [1885?].
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Head and shoulders sketch of Lieut.- Col. W.M. DeRay[Williams] in uniform.
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Lieutenant Colonel Bowen Van Straubenzie was involved in the Battle of Batoche.Discussion of two plays, The Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing, which expose the problems, challenges and injustices that Aboriginal people face.
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First printed in The Illustrated War News, 1885.Historical note:
Michel Dumais, prominent South Branch Metis. Dumais was one of the delegates sent to retrieve Riel from Montana in 1884 along with Gabriel Dumont and James Isbister. He was farm instructor at the One Arrow Cree Reserve until 1885. After fighting in the Resistance he fled to Montana alongside Gabriel Dumont.